Cremonese favourites for feisty fight facing Reggina

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

The bragging rights belong to Cremonese at this point, with their 1st position in the Serie B table and anticipating the visit of Reggina (who are placed 11th).

Insights:
  • Cremonese have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie B
  • Cremonese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reggina have scored away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Reggina, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cremonese form and stats

Cremonese have performed here at Stadio Giovanni Zini this season with 9 wins from 15 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Cremonese tasted defeat here at Stadio Giovanni Zini, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

It's back home for Cremonese, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SPAL away with the result 2-0. Ciofani and Zanimacchia found the net in that victory. Midfield player Zanimacchia got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Zanimacchia scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pordenone in a game that was won 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cremonese's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cremonese, as the Serie B home game vs Alessandria is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Cremonese in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 15 league matches. Cremonese have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reggina form and stats

4-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reggina in their Serie B matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Reggina, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Reggina goalkeeper Alessandro Micai is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The fans enjoyed Reggina's previous fixture versus Cosenza (placed 18th), a 1-0 win played at home. Defender Amione was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Amione won 6 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Cittadella.

A new game in only three days for Reggina, the Serie B home match versus Benevento. Busy days.

The attacking power of Reggina when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Reggina have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Reggina - Cremonese 1-2 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former four meetings): Cremonese won one game, one match ended with a tie and Reggina have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three

Top Goalscorers

RegginaA. Galabinov
A. Galabinov
8 goals
CremoneseC. Buonaiuto
C. Buonaiuto
7 goals
CremoneseD. Ciofani
D. Ciofani
7 goals

Cremonese missing players

Reggina missing players

Cremonese Reggina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
17 9 3 Won W 0 4 12
8 5 1 Drew D 0 5 7
6 1 1 Lost L 4 6 12
47 26 7 Scored S 0 11 28
29 14 4 Conceded C 9 19 36
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
81% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 65%
45% 47% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 20% 32%
16% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 16%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
52% 60% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 35%
32% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 32%
23% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 100% 47% 42%
 
4.7 4.7 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 3.7
4.7 5.1 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 9.8 7.5 6.5
2.3 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3.1 3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.3 13.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 11
4.2 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.5
36% 41% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 26%
 
11.8 12.1 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 16.6 14.9
3.7 4 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cremonese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cremonese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reggina have scored away.
  • Cremonese have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie B
  • Reggina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cremonese 31 17 8 6 47 29 15 9 5 1 26 14 16 8 3 5 21 15 18 59
2 Pisa 31 16 10 5 40 24 16 9 6 1 22 11 15 7 4 4 18 13 16 58
3 Monza 31 16 9 6 51 30 16 11 3 2 31 13 15 5 6 4 20 17 21 57
4 Lecce 31 14 14 3 49 27 15 9 5 1 32 14 16 5 9 2 17 13 22 56
5 Brescia 31 14 12 5 47 32 15 5 7 3 23 19 16 9 5 2 24 13 15 54
6 Benevento 30 14 9 7 47 29 15 8 4 3 30 15 15 6 5 4 17 14 18 51
7 Frosinone 31 13 12 6 47 31 16 8 6 2 27 12 15 5 6 4 20 19 16 51
8 Ascoli 31 14 7 10 43 39 15 5 5 5 17 17 16 9 2 5 26 22 4 49
9 Perugia 31 11 13 7 33 27 16 4 7 5 15 14 15 7 6 2 18 13 6 46
10 Cittadella 31 11 11 9 33 30 15 6 4 5 19 14 16 5 7 4 14 16 3 44
11 Reggina 31 12 7 12 28 36 16 8 2 6 17 17 15 4 5 6 11 19 -8 43
12 Ternana 31 11 8 12 45 46 16 8 1 7 24 19 15 3 7 5 21 27 -1 41
13 Como 31 9 14 8 37 40 15 4 7 4 16 15 16 5 7 4 21 25 -3 41
14 Parma 31 8 15 8 37 33 16 4 8 4 19 14 15 4 7 4 18 19 4 39
15 SPAL 31 7 11 13 35 46 16 3 6 7 24 25 15 4 5 6 11 21 -11 32
16 Alessandria 31 6 7 18 28 51 15 4 4 7 12 20 16 2 3 11 16 31 -23 25
17 Vicenza 31 6 6 19 31 52 16 4 4 8 18 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -21 24
18 Cosenza 30 5 9 16 26 47 14 5 3 6 15 17 16 0 6 10 11 30 -21 24
19 Crotone 31 3 10 18 31 51 15 3 7 5 18 20 16 0 3 13 13 31 -20 19
20 Pordenone 31 2 8 21 22 57 16 1 6 9 13 27 15 1 2 12 9 30 -35 14

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.